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American RustThe debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Son, which is now an AMC original TV series Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation as well as the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love that arise from its loss. From local bars to trainyards to prison, it is the story of two young men, bound to the town by family, responsibility,

The debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Son, which is now an AMC original TV series

Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation--as well as the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love--that arise from its loss. From local bars to trainyards to prison, it is the story of two young men, bound to the town by family, responsibility, inertia, and the beauty around them, who dream of a future beyond the factories and abandoned homes.

Left alone to care for his aging father after his mother commits suicide and his sister escapes to Yale, Isaac English longs for a life beyond his hometown. But when he finally sets out to leave for good, accompanied by his temperamental best friend, former high school football star Billy Poe, they are caught up in a terrible act of violence that changes their lives forever.

Evoking John Steinbeck's novels of restless lives during the Great Depression, American Rust takes us into the contemporary American heartland at a moment of profound unrest and uncertainty about the future. It is a dark but lucid vision, a moving novel about the bleak realities that battle our desire for transcendence and the power of love and friendship to redeem us.

Newsweek's list of "Best. Books. Ever"
A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2009
A New York Times Notable Book of 2009
An Economist Best Book of 2009
A Kansas City Star Top 100 book of 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Best Books of 2009
Idaho Statesman's Best Books of 2009


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Published: 01/12/2010
ISBN: 9780385527521
Pages: 382
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.40w x 0.86d
Award: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize - Finalist

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 01/03/2010 pg. 20
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